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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A school board in Florida has voted to suspend a kindergarten teacher who allowed her students to vote on whether an autistic boy could remain in class. Teacher Wendy Portillo did not address the Port St. Lucie School Board before the action was taken Tuesday night, the Web site TCPalm.com reported. A police report says Portillo brought 5-year-old Alex Barton...
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Autism Vox (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Florida teacher Wendy Portillo—who allowed her kindergarten class to vote on whether or not their classmate Alex Barton could remain in class—-has been suspended without pay for a year, according to the Naples News. More commentary at Aspie Web. Tags: alex barton, asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, disabilities blog, disability, Education, florida, Health, survivor, wendy portilloShare This
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AspieWeb (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
If you recall earlier this year kindergarten teacher Wendy Portillo had her class vote out a autistic child, and now justice has happened. The St. Lucie County School Board voted Ms. Portillo out of class for one year - Irony huh? I have to wonder though, is a year a good enough punishment or should there [...]
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Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
A school board in Florida has voted to suspend a kindergarten teacher who allowed her students to vote on whether an autistic boy could remain in class.Teacher Wendy Portillo did not address the Port St. Lucie School Board before the action was taken Tuesday night, the Web site TCPalm.com reported.A police report says Portillo brought 5-year-old Alex Barton to the front of the classroom last May 21...
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MND/BlogWonks: Your Alternate Daily (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
When did kindergarten teachers get so mean? In Port Lucie, Florida, Wendy Portillo told kindergarteners to tell five-year-old Alex Barton why they didn’t want him in class. After telling him that he is “disgusting” and “annoying,” the children voted on whether he could remain in class. Alex’s best friend, who’d wanted to keep him, changed his [...]
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11D (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
I meant to write a post about this story, but it slipped through my fingers. I'm very glad that Joanne Jacobs picked it up. In Port Lucie, Florida, Wendy Portillo told kindergarteners to tell five-year-old Alex Barton why they didn’t...
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Live, Love, and Learn (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
This is Democracy in action: (CBS) A Port St. Lucie, Fla., mother is outraged and considering legal action after her son's kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class. Melissa Barton says Morningside Elementary teacher Wendy Portillo had her son's classmates say what they didn't like about 5-year-old Alex. She says the teacher then had the students vote, and voted Alex, who is...
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Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
On the scale of all time stupid teachers, this one has to be in the top 10: A Port St. Lucie, Fla., mother is outraged and considering legal action after her son's kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class. Melissa Barton says Morningside Elementary teacher Wendy Portillo had her son's classmates say what they didn't like about 5-year-old Alex. She says the teacher then had...
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Infinite Monkeys (Free subscription) | 05/31/2008
Slate on Friday published a fairly scathing report on the Alex Barton story. I detest stupid, mulish, cruel people. Especially "educators" who should know better. Read the document. Realize that some of what Alex describes is likely untrue. I don't...
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andee29 | 05/30/2008
I found the 'whole story' as filed by Melissa Barton. You might also be interested to know that Alex was officially diagnosed on Tuesday with ASD. Click the following link to read the full police report filed by Melissa Barton on Wendy Portillo: Police Report PDF
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Autism Vox (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Just up on the Palm Beach Post are more details about what happened last Wednesday at Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie, Florida: Wendy Portillo, a kindergarten teacher who has drawn national attention for asking her students to vote on whether an autistic boy should stay in class after he misbehaved, told police she asked [...]
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Coral and Opal (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
The story of Wendy Portillo's kindergarten class - at her direction - ridiculing and then voting out a 5-year old has made national news. The CBS Morning show and CNN covered it, and the national blogs have been buzzing about it since the story broke. Ms. Portillo had students in her class stand up and tell classmate Alex Barton what they didn't like about him. They then voted him out by a vote of...
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Prophecy Fellowship Forums (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
---Quote--- Hundreds of parents of autistic children are signing an online petition to get Florida teacher Wendy Portillo fired for her alleged tactics toward a 5-year-old boy that mirror the reality show Survivor. Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie, Fla., alerted Melissa Barton...
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MND/BlogWonks: Your Alternate Daily (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
A kindergarten teacher in Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States is being reassigned following an incident last week in which her students voted to remove a possibly autistic child from the classroom. According to school officials, Morningside Elementary School teacher Wendy Portillo held a vote in her kindergarten classroom concerning the removal of 5-year-old Alex Barton. [...]
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
The end of the school year for many students has featured a couple of news stories of "Teachers (Allegedly) Gone Wild!" In Florida, parents are calling for the termination of Wendy Portillo after she allegedly kicked 5-year-old autistic student Alex Barton out of the classroom [...]
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andee29 | 05/30/2008
I found the 'whole story' as filed by Melissa Barton. You might also be interested to know that Alex was officially diagnosed on Tuesday with ASD. Click the following link to read the full police report filed by Melissa Barton on Wendy Portillo: Police Report PDF
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This poor kid & family. They should SUE SUE SUE, I say this because this type of treatment was cruel & unusual and completely uncalled for. This teacher...
Kerry - (not a member) - 10/05/2008